#AEA8BC#AEA8BC

#AEA8BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.029 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEA8BC
RGB	rgb(174, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(258, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 6.01, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 11.21, 302.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0143 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.029 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5336, 40.6347, 53.2751)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEA8BC #B6BCA8

analogous

#A8ACBC #AEA8BC #B8A8BC

triadic

#AEA8BC #BCAEA8 #A8BCAE

tetradic

#AEA8BC #BCA8AC #B6BCA8 #A8BCB8

square

#AEA8BC #BCA8AC #B6BCA8 #A8BCB8

split-complementary

#AEA8BC #BCB8A8 #ACBCA8

monochromatic

#6F6684 #8E85A1 #AEA8BC #CECBD7 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AEA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#AEA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEA8BC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEA8BC	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aea8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.029 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c1d0',
    500: '#aea8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aea8bc;
$custom-light: #c6c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aea8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74293,
    "c": 0.02915,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEA8BC

secondary

#E1E3DD

accent

#974E81

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEA8BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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